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Options are the selections you make in NodeXL's dialog boxes, in the <a href="../WorkbookTour/Ribbon.htm">NodeXL tab</a> in the Excel Ribbon, and in the toolbar at the top of the <a href="../WorkbookTour/GraphPane.htm">Graph Pane</a>.  Some examples of options are the graph background color in the <a href="../VisualProperties/GraphOptions.htm">Graph Options</a> dialog box, the <a href="../DirectedVsUndirected/Overview.htm">graph type</a> (Directed or Undirected) in the NodeXL tab in the Ribbon, and the <a href="../Layout/LayoutAlgorithms.htm">layout algorithm</a> at the top of the Graph Pane.
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Here are some things to know about working with NodeXL's options:
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    When you change an option in a NodeXL workbook, the change is made only to that workbook.   If you change the graph's background color to orange in the Graph Options dialog box, for example, the background color of your other NodeXL workbooks will not be affected.  The background color of any new NodeXL workbooks you create afterward will not be affected, either.
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    The options are stored inside the workbook.  If you move the workbook to another computer or send it to someone else, the orange background will go with it.
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    When you create a new NodeXL workbook, its initial options come from a hidden <span class="Definition">new workbook options file</span> stored in your profile folder on your computer.
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    You can tell NodeXL to <a href="UseCurrentForNew.htm">use the current workbook's options for new workbooks</a>.  If you do this, the current workbook's options get copied to the hidden new workbook options file, and all new NodeXL workbooks you create afterward will have an orange background, for example.
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    You can <a href="ExportImport.htm">export a NodeXL workbook's options</a> to a <span class="Definition">NodeXL options file</span>, and import a NodeXL options file into a NodeXL workbook.
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    You can <a href="ResetAll.htm">reset all</a> of a NodeXL workbook's options to the "new workbook options."
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<a href="UseCurrentForNew.htm">Using the Current Workbook's Options for New Workbooks</a>
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<a href="ExportImport.htm">Exporting and Importing Options</a>
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<a href="ResetAll.htm">Resetting All Options</a>
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